Dien, Claude-Marie-Francois, 1787-1865

Date: 1793 - 1817

By: Piron, Jean, active 1791-1794; Copia, Jacques Louis, 1764-1799

Reference: B-175-018

Description: Two images on one plate showing head and shoulders portraits of young men with bare chests, and cloth wrapped just above waist level. Both have thick curly hair. National Library of Australia catalogue has this print and gives its imprint as [Paris : Chez Dabo , 1817] Other Titles - Son of the King of the Friendly Islands; Inhabitant of Fiji Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Two images as engraving, plate 305 x 445 mm, on sheet 350 x 515 mm.

Date: 1804 - 1806

By: Turpin, Pierre Jean Francois, 1775-1840; Dien, Claude-Marie-Francois, 1787-1865

Reference: A-441-107

Description: Illustration of a flax plant shows the whole plant with a central flower stem, and details of the flower, open calyx, fruit or seedpod, cross-section of seedpod, seed and cross-section of seed. This is probably a page from J.J.H. Labillardiere's "Novae Hollandiae plantarum specimen", published originally in 1804-1806, to which Turpin contributed a selection of Australian material. However, the 1804-1806 edition is reportedly 36 cm in height, and this print is on a page that is only 154 mm high. Nevertheless the layout of the page and headings is the same as the pages in that book (See examples at http://www.publish.csiro.au/samples/300YearsSample.pdf, page 7 - retrieved 5 April 2011) Other Titles - Flax of New Holland. One-twelfth natural size. Whole flower; calyx open to show pistil and stamens; fruit cut horizontally; seed cut vertically Other Titles - Monocotyledons, asphodels Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-coloured engraving, image 154 x 89 mm, on page 205 x 117 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, April 2011.

Date: 1793 - 1817

By: Piron, Jean, active 1791-1794; Copia, Jacques Louis, 1764-1799

Reference: B-175-017

Description: Two images on one plate showing head and shoulders portraits of a barebreasted woman with short curly hair at the left, and a bearded man with curly hair at the right. National Library of Australia catalogue has this print and gives its imprint as [Paris : Chez Dabo , 1817] Other Titles - Woman of Beautemps-Beaupre Loyalty Islands; Man Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Two images as engraving, plate 305 x 445 mm, on sheet 352 x 515 mm.